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Defending the world championship belt of the four organizations, Anthony Joshua eliminated his challenger, Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev, in the ninth round.
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| Joshua finished the battle in the ninth round (Photo: AFP) |
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World heavyweight champion in all four organizations, 31-year-old Anthony Joshua (24-1, 22 KO-TKO), has faced 39-year-old Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev (28-2, 14) in match number 25 of his professional career in London. The Briton, who lost his undefeated last June, returned to boxing after a year, after cutting against American Andy Ruiz in December 2019. For Joshua, the game against Pulev was not just a matter of defending the World Championship titles. Super World Championships, IBF, WBO and IBO World Championships, but also whether there was a realistic chance that he would collide with the undefeated WBC champion next year. , with Tyson Fury, also British.
In the third round, it didn’t look like Pulev was going to be a really serious challenge for the British. The Bulgarian dropped to the ground a second time when he returned to the gong for another minute. But somehow he survived the critical moments.
Pulev fled again and again in the fourth round, and then in the fifth and sixth rounds he absorbed more and more. In the eighth, we can safely say that it is also targeted.
The Bulgarian might have believed he might have a chance, but London’s audience of 2,000 didn’t for a moment. Like Joshua, who sent Puleve to the ground again in the ninth round and then finished the game with his first forehand shot, a great fastball, after the countdown!
Unsurprisingly, in a post-match interview, Joshua challenged his compatriot, Tyson Fury, to have a merry Christmas and a much better year 2021 than 2020 for his printers.
ANTHONY JOSHUA. BOOM. pic.twitter.com/I5T8H8aplR
– DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) December 12, 2020
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WORLD PROFESSIONAL WEIGHTS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH, WEMBLEY ARENA
Anthony Joshua (British)–Kubrat Pulev (Bulgarian), KO in the ninth round
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